Active control of separation from the flap of a supercritical airfoil

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-41

  Melton, LaTunia Pack ^a,c,d   Yao, Chung Sheng ^a,c   Seifert, Avi ^b,d,e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Flow Physics and Control Branch   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; PERIODIC EXCITATION; SUPERCRITICAL AIRFOILS; SURFACE PRESSURES;

ACTUATORS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 31344434849     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.12225     Document Type: Article

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